Jun Takahashi’s UNDERCOVER has long been a cult favorite, something that’s only been exercerbated by his reluctance to do press in any traditional manner. So it was clear that his joint show with TAKAHIROMIYASHITATheSoloist would be something completely different from what had been seen in recent seasons at Pitti.

There was no grand garden, no 20-foot projections, simply a focus on lighting in the Leopolda station — a disused railway station that has since been transformed into one of Florence’s prime show locations. The only object on the runway the tracks themselves, working as a form of guide for the models.

The main difference between this and previous seasons, though, was the joint theme connecting the two shows. Entitled “Disorder/Order,” the show was space-themed, with the one specific reference point being Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, something that was most nakedly nodded to during the finale when four models came out in space suits.